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Originally Posted by ManOfWord
The Christian's good deeds flow FROM salvation not TOWARDS it.
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Never said it did. Technically I believe it flows both ways. You just made a monergistic point of which I don't agree. Paul says we also "save ourselves...
1Ti 4:16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Though we don't "add" to it. It takes our response(deeds) to make salvation a reality and secure our standing before God.
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They NEVER bring us closer to salvation or produce salvation in any way. IMPOSSIBLE to do so.
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I would agree.
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They can, however, be an indicator if we have surrendered our lives to Him or not.
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I would agree. See we have a obligation "to do" and then we are judged unto to INHERIT eternal life. You MAYBE in covenant and have received a saving aspect in your life but you have not obtained yet "fully" that which you seek. You will be judged in the end worthy or not to receive. Either you fulfilled the contract or not to follow him as you should.
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